beth's orange cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• cream sugar and shortening; add eggs and stir. add sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla; stir and set aside. sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. add little by little to the creamed mixture and stir well. add 3/4 cup orange juice concentrate, and 2 tablespoons orange zest. drop greased cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls.
• bake at 375 degrees f (190 degrees c) for about 10 minutes. frost cookies when they are cool.
• to make frosting: mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 2 tablespoons of the thawed orange juice concentrate, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 tablespoons of melted butter, 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar or enough to make frosting of spreading consistency.